Door-hanger.



.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LOUDEN OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICA'IIN forming part of Letters Patent 1}\T0. 700,211, dated IV[ay 20, 1902.

Applicatonfilecl September-13, 1900. S1ia1 No.29,862. (NO model.)

zen of the United States, residng at Fairfield,-

in the county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and nsefulIm provement in Door-Hangers, of whielrthe following is a In the aeoompanying drmvings, Fignre 1 is asideviewshowingtheinventonin nse. Fig. 2 is a detaehed view of the hanger. Fig. 3 is an end view in elevation. -Fig. 4s the same showing the door and lower part of the hanger swungout from the wall. view. v

In the drawings, A represets the track, and B the braeket whioh seeures it to the Wall 0. The track A consists of a flat bar of metal supporteol by the bracket B, so as to hold it in a vertieal position in eross-seetion and to leave the upper and lower portibn of its side next the wall O, as well as its oi1ter side and upper and; 10Wer edges, free from obstructions.

The main part of the hanger-frame is represented by 0, and itis preferaloly madewith a hrizontally-disposed top p0rtionD, which earries a grooved wheel W, and two vertically-disposed side portions E, whiel1 are joined together at their lower ende by a hori zontally-disposed brace H, thusleavng the eentral part of the frame open. This brace earries on its upper edge, about midway between the sde portions E, an upwardly andinwardly projeetng guide-lug I. The grooved whee1 W is adapted. to run on the upper edge of the track A, while the frame C passesal0ng its outer side and the guide-lug I behind the lower portionofiit's inner side, and by this means the hanger is prevented from getting oif the track.

On eaeh of the lower corners of the main Fig. 5 is a detail frame 0 and integral therewith is a pair of del0wer eornersare preferably broadened, so that said loops Will be verticall y outside of the peripheryof the wl1eel W. In eaoh of these loops a elevis-shaped strap G is inserted, so as to swing on the part F and to embracethe opposite edges of the door J. These straps are perforatd to receive bolts K, by means of whieh hey are seeured to the door. The straps G, loeing free to swing on the part F,

provide for such lateral movement of the door as may be necessary to-prevent it from binding against the wall and from wre1iching the track-rail fro1n its proper position or from bencling or breaking the han ger-frame by said lateral 'n1ovement of the door. This construetion fu rther provides certa in advantages over the prior art, and whioh may bestated as fo1- tirely below the lowerpartof the guide, Wl1ere-.

as bymy construction the loop maybe plaoed on approximately the sarne horizontal plane with the lower part of the guide, and by this rneans a eloser fit is seured than can be other wise had in a hanger having a jointed connection .between the doorand the traekand a guiding device topass bel0wand behind the track, as heretoforedescribed. In addition gto this theloeation of the pivots at the lower corners of the frame furnshes two attachingpointe to eaei1 hanger below the track in plaee of one, and by setting these pivots out beyond the vertioal plane of the peripliery of the whee1 W, which is journaled in the upper eentral portion of the frame 0, a well-balanced thorughiy-braced pivotal eonnetztion with the door is seeured. Furthermore, the loops in the lower end. of the frame C, in eonneetion with the elevs-shaped-Straps to hangtherein,

form a very convenient andflesirable method of pvotally securng the hanger to a door.

The form of the track may be varied to some extent, provded the upper portion of the inner side is leftfree for the passage of the flange on the nner side of the wheel W and. a lower portion on the inner side of the track is left free for the passage of the guiding de- IOO vce behnd it. Also deviations maybe made from the form of the hanger-frame shown in the drawings without departing from the intent of my inventon.

VVhat I claim as my nvention, and desre to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a track arranged to have its outer side,itsupper and lower cdges and the upper and lower portions of its inner sde free for the passage of a hanger there along, a frame having a grooved wheel journaled in its upper end, a guding device in ts lower end adapted to pass below and behnd the lower portion of the track, and a pivotal connection for a door below the track, sad pivotal connection beng located with respect to the guide in a diterent vertical plane bnt in substantally the same horizontal plane With the lower part of said gnide.

2. The combnaton of a track of the character descrbed, a hanger-frame havng a groo"ed wheel journaled in its upper end, a gnding device in the central portion of its lower end adapted to pass below and behnd the lower portion of the track, and a pvotal connecton for a door 011 each sde of sad gnde, the same beng located on substantially the same horizont-al plane as the lower part of said guide.

3. The combination of a track of the character descrbed, a hanger-frame having a grooved wheel journaled on its upper end, a guidng device in the central part of its lower end adapted to pass below and behind the lower porton of the track, and pivotal connectons fora dooron cach sde of said guide,

said pivots being set outside of the vertical plane of the perphery of said wheel.

4:. The combination of a track of the character described, a hanger-frame having a grooved wheel journaled in its upper end, a loop in the lower end of the frame below the track and a clevis-shaped strap adapted to hang loosely in sad loop and embrace the opposite sides of a door.

5. The combnaton of a track of the character descrbed, a hanger-frame having a grooved wheel journaled in ts upper end, a gudng device in the central portion of its lower end adapted t0 pass below and behind the lower portion of the track, a loop in the lower end of the frame below the track on each sde of the gude, and clevs shaped straps adapted to bang in said loops and embrace opposite sides of a door.

6. The combinaton of a track of the character described, a hanger-frame havng a horizontally-dsposed top part carrying a 

